BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. Whenever the Democrats run for President in this country, they’re facing two opponents with each election: the Republican challenger, and Jesus Christ. It’s not that there aren’t Christian Democrats, or Jewish Republicans for that matter. But every four years, we have to play this little song and dance to skirt […]
A new story just came out that Multnomah County in Oregon will be issuing marriage licenses for gays tomorrow. For the first time since the first license was issued in San Francisco, the gay marriage issue has hit close to home. And I am so pleased. There is one couple, let’s call them Jamie and Barbara, who I’ve known […]
Two stores in the New York Times today on Gay marriage. The first is a new article about how Bush won’t reference the Marriage Amendment again, because, according to the article, he was really pressured into this by the conservative groups. In actuality, he’s really a good friend to gays all over. This after a State of […]
I’m not a regular reader of Joel on Software, but he’s started a new “Ask Joel” forum that’s been generating some interesting conversations. One is on Offshoring and features the usual offshoring is evil discussion, and a bit too much sucking up to Joel, but it also has some additions from people who work within the offshore companies, […]
It may not be the best of ideas to walk in a tangle wood forest before the trees have had a chance to green and during strong winds. Before my walk was over I was hit in the back and on the shoulder with light branches, and scrapped in the neck and along one arm […]